Written by John Mark Adkison
March 26—The Bisons baseball team split a doubleheader with Ouachita Baptist Tigers in Arkadelphia, Ark. The Bisons won the opener 7-6, but lost to the Tigers in game two with 9-8. They had 14 hits in the game and stranded a season-high 13 runners. The Bisons were ranked 30th nationally by Collegiate Baseball News.
March 27—The women’s track team opened its outdoor season at the Rhodes College Invitational with five event victories and set two school records in the field events. Sopho- more Portia Bell defeated 22 other runners in the 200 meters with a time of 25.16 seconds. In the 4×100 meter relay, Bell, sophomore Ryan Ledington and juniors Cathy E. Ebenja and Callie McAlister won with 49.36 seconds. Freshman Kristen Celsor won the high jump with a height of 4 feet, 11.25 inches, and sophomore Tiffany Chambers won the pole vault with 11 feet, 1.75 inches, breaking her own school and personal record. Ebenja won the long jump with 17 feet, 4 inches. Rhiannon Roper broke the school’s hammer throw record of 85-2 mark, set in 2005, with 96 feet, 5 inches.
March 29—At the North Alabama Spring Classic, the Harding golf team played at the Shoals Fighting Joe Course, placing 10th out of 18 with a three-round total score of 924. The top finishers were Blake Chase and Bruce McMullen, who each had a score of 226 and tied for 24th place.
March 30—The Harding women’s golf team placed second in the Mulerider Invitational at the Northridge Country Club, shooting a total of 647, just five strokes behind Arkansas Tech., who won the tournament. The top fin- isher was senior Ragan Muncy, who scored 18-over 160, tying for third. They will host the Natural State Golf Classic at the Red Apple Country Club on April 11-12.
